LEADER 03536nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910785548403321 005 20230801224025.0 010 $a1-283-58428-X 010 $a9786613896735 010 $a1-60344-753-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000234541 035 $a(EBL)1100927 035 $a(OCoLC)811265806 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711284 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11411140 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711284 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10682163 035 $a(PQKB)10046203 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19787 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1100927 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10588014 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL389673 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1100927 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000234541 100 $a20111213d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFaded glory$b[electronic resource] $ea century of forgotten Texas military sites, then and now /$fThomas E. Alexander and Dan K. Utley 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station $cTexas A&M University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (242 p.) 225 0$aTarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ;$vno. 25 300 $a"A Texas A&M travel guide." 311 $a1-60344-699-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Mexican War, 1846-1848: Corpus Christi beach -- Thornton's skirmish -- Brazos Santiago -- Fort Brown -- The Indian Wars, 1848-1875: Fort McKavett -- Fort Lancaster -- Battle of Adobe Walls -- The Civil War, 1861-1865: Old Fort Bliss -- Battle of Galveston -- Camp Ford -- Battle of Sabine Pass -- The Spanish-American War, 1898: Menger Hotel -- Camp Mabry -- Camp Wood -- The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920: Downtown El Paso -- Glenn Spring -- Camp Ruidosa -- Camp Holland -- World War I, 1917-1918: USS Texas -- Galveston coastal defenses -- Camp Bowie I -- Camp MacArthur and Rich Field -- World War II, 1941-1945: Fort Clark -- Camp Bowie II -- Avenger Field -- Pecos Army Airfield -- Naval operations in wartime Orange -- Prisoners of war in Texas -- Marfa Army Airfield -- Epilogue: a call for preservation. 330 $a Each of the wars fought by Texans spawned the creation of scores of military sites across the state, from the lonely frontier outpost at Adobe Walls to the once-bustling World War II shipyards of Orange. Today, although vestiges of the sites still exist, many are barely discernible, their once-proud martial trappings now faded by time, neglect, the elements and, most of all, public apathy. ?In Faded Glory: A Century of Forgotten Texas Military Sites, Then and Now, Thomas E. Alexander and Dan K. Utley revisit twenty-nine sites-many of them largely forgotten-associated with what w 410 0$aTarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ;$vno. 25. 606 $aMilitary bases$zTexas 606 $aFortification$zTexas 606 $aBattlefields$zTexas 606 $aHistoric sites$zTexas 607 $aTexas$xHistory, Military 607 $aTexas$xAntiquities 615 0$aMilitary bases 615 0$aFortification 615 0$aBattlefields 615 0$aHistoric sites 676 $a355.009764 700 $aAlexander$b Thomas E.$f1931-$01505509 701 $aUtley$b Dan K$0627883 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785548403321 996 $aFaded glory$93735092 997 $aUNINA